Bag or satchel



(No Model.)

R. HARRIS.

BAG 0R SATGHEL.

No. 257,008. Patented Apr.2.5, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICEQ ROBERT HARRIS, OF PEEKSKILL, NEW YORK.

BAG OR SATCHEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,003, dated April 25, 1882.

A Application filed February 10, 1882. (No model.)

lo a1 1 whom it may concern Be it known that I, ROBERT HARRIS, of Peekskill, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bags or Satchels, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide for securing traveling-bags, satchels, and valises to car-seats, or at an y desired place, so that they cannot be stolen or carried away except by breaking the fastenings.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bag constructed in accordance with my invention and shown as attached to a seat-arm, and Fig. 2 is a side view of the locking devices.

A is a bag of usual construction, and Bis the handle, attached at its ends to staples a, secured on the bag-frame. At one end the handle is attached by an eye taking on the staplein the usual manner to insure permanent connection. At the other end the handle is fitted with a padlock,b,havingahasp,c,thatpasses through the staple ctof the bag-frame. Preferably the padlock b has a cylindrical ease, as shown, to resemble the metal tip at the other end of the handle; but an ordinary padlock may he used and attached in any convenient manner.

With a padlock thus combined the handle can he securely fastened for use as usual.

\Vhen it is desired to secure the bag to a car or other seat the handle will be disconnected by using the key of the lock, then put over the seat-arm or other part and relocked, thus locking the bag to the seat, so thatitcannot be removed without the use of the key except by violence.

I am aware that it is not new to connect one end of the handle with a lock arranged in the satchel-frame; but

What 1 claim as new is- 1. The combination, with a satchel-frame, of a handle which is connected at one end to a staple in the frame in the usual manner and provided at the other end with a padlock, the hasp of which is adapted to be fastened to or separated from a second staple in the frame by means of a suitable key, as and for the purpose specified.

2. A bag or satchel having one end of its handle connected with the satchel-frame by a padlock and staple, for the purpose specified.

ROBT. HARRIS.

VVituesses:

GEO. D. WALKER, O. SEDGWICK. 

